The Heavy Weight

There it sits this heavy weight, Like a anvil upon a paper plate, A crushing force it does affect, A mighty power I must respect. It bleeds my joy, my love of life, It takes away my pain and strife, It takes away all colours bright, Replacing them with dead of night. No light it permits me to see No singing of songs will there be It holds all enthralled in its might Shielding them from my poor souls sight Emotion in prison deep within Nothing gets through, not even sin Nothing gets out for even a day Nothing can escape in any way Hard as a rock and twice as cold, Born of a tale of sadness told, It will not break or wash away, To last forever you might say. It was caused by Love won and lost And locks me in eternal frost A man of Ice I have become Now forever my emotions numb Though small it was it has but grown It crushes me now, flesh and bone Doomed forever to be alone For I now bare this heart of stone.